Community Honors Fallen Edgewater Officer at Candlelight Vigil
The community raised over $55,000 for Jewell's family, while law enforcement honored him with a motorcycle escort and a memorial at the police department.
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Vigil held for Edgewater Police Officer David Jewell
Family, friends, and colleagues gathered Friday night for a candlelight vigil to remember Edgewater Police Officer David Jewell. Jewell was shot and killed at a Circle K in Ormond-by-the-Sea -- described by Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood as an "assassination" -- while waiting to buy a hot dog inside, officials said. The suspected killer was an employee at that store and fired 24 shots in less than two minutes, Sheriff Chitwood said. Office…
Community honors fallen Edgewater officer at candlelight vigil
Hundreds of people gathered in Volusia County on Friday evening to honor Edgewater Police Officer David Jewell, who investigators say was fatally shot while off duty earlier this week at a gas station in Ormond-by-the-Sea.Family members, fellow law enforcement officers and community members held candles, placed flowers on Jewell’s patrol car and listened as bagpipes played during an emotional vigil. Jewell, 45, was remembered as a devoted father…
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